05/10/2019
DBTM meeting # 139
Theme: Change for better
WoD: Reform
I'm sure we all have reformed ourselves to a certain extent by having our first meeting at the new venue - Nritta Dhyana. We all need to move out of the comfort zone and luxury that we had and adapt to the change, remember it's for the better.
I personally feel very happy with today's meeting. Special word of mention has to be made about TM Irfan and TM Anoop for being at the venue as early as 2:30 pm and setting up the room. Highly appreciated.
It was an honor to have our Area 19 Director TM Tabassum on her official visit as well as our Division E Director DTM Murali.
Three amazing Toastmasters delivered ice breaker speeches. Hats off to TMs Farhan, Elena and Irfan on embarking on their Pathways journey. A powerful speech about social media by TM Basheer.
Three first timers TM Ishaaq as Ah counter, TM Chinmaya as grammarian and TM Anoop as Table Topics master with a highly creative and entertaining Table Topics session. All 3 did exceptionally well, kudos.
Brilliant evaluations provided by all the evaluators and a well prepared General Evaluator TM Sharif who gave us some valuable suggestions to follow and improve.
Thanks to TM Soja for taking up the Timer role, TM Shashwini as evaluator and TM Praveen as vote counter. It's good to see that everyone willingly takes up roles at any point in time.
It was a pleasure to have our guest Susan (wife of Girish) and hoping to have her in the future meetings. A pleasant surprise to have Savio who came back to us, he was missing what Toastmasters gave him. Once a Toastmaster always a Toastmaster!
VP Education DTM Bindu time and again proved her Leadership mettle with having everything in place and by ensuring that despite few glitches and hiccups the meeting started dot on time and sailed smoothly. Her exceptional qualities makes her one tall leader.
Best Speaker- TM Farhan (for his injurious speech)
Best Table Topics Speaker- TM Elena
Best evaluator- TM Anand
Let's continue to rock and roll